1969 Hofstra Flying Dutchmen football team

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1969 Hofstra Flying Dutchmen football
Conference Middle Atlantic Conference
DivisionUniversity Division
Record0–10 (0–5 MAC University)
Head coach
Captains
  • Tom Dempsey
  • John Dobson
  • Joe Hunter
  • Tom Mulrooney
Home stadium Hofstra Stadium
Seasons
  1968
1970 
1969 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
University
No. 10 Delaware x 6 0 09 2 0
Gettysburg 4 2 07 2 0
Bucknell 3 2 13 5 1
Lehigh 2 2 04 5 1
Temple 1 2 14 5 1
Lafayette 1 3 04 6 0
Hofstra 0 5 00 10 0
West Chester * 0 1 07 2 0
College–Northern
Wilkes x 5 0 06 2 0
Susquehanna 5 1 06 3 0
Wagner 4 1 04 5 0
Juniata 4 2 05 3 0
Delaware Valley 4 3 04 3 0
Upsala 3 3 04 4 0
Albright 3 4 03 6 0
Lycoming 1 7 01 7 0
College–Southern
Johns Hopkins x 5 2 05 4 0
Lebanon Valley x 5 2 06 2 0
Ursinus x 5 2 05 2 1
Moravian 6 3 06 3 0
Dickinson 4 4 04 4 0
Muhlenberg 4 5 04 5 0
Drexel 2 3 03 5 0
Swarthmore 3 5 03 5 0
Western Maryland 2 4 03 6 0
Pennsylvania Military 1 5 02 6 0
Franklin & Marshall 1 6 01 7 0
Haverford 1 6 01 6 0
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • * – Ineligible for championship due to insufficient conference games
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1969 Hofstra Flying Dutchmen football team was an American football team that represented Hofstra University during the 1969 NCAA College Division football season. Hofstra lost every game and finished last in the Middle Atlantic Conference, University Division.

In their 20th year under head coach Howard "Howdy" Myers Jr., the Flying Dutchmen compiled an 0–10 record, and were outscored 283 to 175. Tom Dempsey, John Dobson, Joe Hunter and Tom Mulrooney were the team captains. [1] This was Hofstra's first-ever winless season.

Hofstra (0–5) was one of two MAC University Division teams with winless conference records; the other was West Chester, which played only one game in the division and would not have been eligible for the championship.

The Flying Dutchmen played their home games at Hofstra Stadium on the university's Hempstead campus on Long Island, New York.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20 Bucknell L 19–24 4,000–4,200 [2]
September 27 Gettysburg
  • Hofstra Stadium
  • Hempstead, NY
L 13–30 4,300
October 4 Lafayette
  • Hofstra Stadium
  • Hempstead, NY
L 25–41 3,500 [3]
October 11 No. 8 Delaware
  • Hofstra Stadium
  • Hempstead, NY
L 13–28 2,600–2,657 [4]
October 18 at Temple L 7–34 10,500–12,500 [5]
October 25 Bridgeport *
  • Hofstra Stadium
  • Hempstead, NY
L 19–21 5,300
November 1 at Maine *L 34–40 4,300–4,308 [6]
November 8 at Merchant Marine *
L 13–21 7,000
November 15 at Wagner *L 12–14 3,500
November 27 C.W. Post *
  • Hofstra Stadium
  • Hempstead, NY
L 20–30 5,200

[7]

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